RENEWAL OF TIMBER DECKS ON STEEL BRIDGES WITH EPOXY-BONDED PRESTRESSED-CONCRETE SLABS

Many of Santa Fe's aging steel girder bridges were converted to timber ballast decks in the 1920s. The ballasted-deck construction is highly desirable from a track maintenance standpoint but moisture retained in the deck causes steel corrosion and shortens paint life. The experimental program of renewing old timber decks with precast, prestressed concrete slabs bonded to the steel with epoxy grout was initiated to solve the problems. Transverse joints are epoxy bonded into a monolithic, water-tight deck. Lateral rigidity of the monolithic deck eliminated need to strengthen corroded lateral bracing and composite structure produced by bounding makes coverplate renewal unnecessary.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 80th Annual Convention of the American Railway Bridge and Building Association, Chicago, Illinois, 16-17 September 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Bridge & Building Association

  18154 Harwood Avenue
  Homewood, IL  United States  60430
• Authors:
  • Hyma, W R
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 43-48
• Serial:
  • Publication of: American Railway Bridge & Building Association
  • Publisher: American Railway Bridge & Building Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bonding; Bridge decks; Bridges; Concrete; Corrosion; Corrosion protection; Epoxides; Epoxy resins; Girder bridges; Maintenance; Metal bridges; Permeability; Prestressed concrete; Repairing; Slabs; Steel bridges; Timber; Transverse joints; Waterproofing
• Identifier Terms: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
• Old TRIS Terms: Bridge repairs; Epoxy
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139956
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 2003 12:00AM